I have been known to proclaim BlackBerries as a dying breed, but when they unveiled the new Z10 and Q10 devices on my birthday, they really impressed me. I mean, I actually wanted to get one of these in my hands. That’s a huge accomplishment in itself! Bravo, Thor. Bravo. The new Z10 is already available in […]
Happy 31st birthday to me! No, really. I’m a human, and it’s my actual birthday. Thirty-one years ago today, I was unleashed unto this world. It wasn’t until a few days ago, however, that I learned I wasn’t the only demon spawned on January 30th, 1982. That same day, in a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, […]
You’ve heard the buzzword before: “4G“. It sounds like something you want. All your friends have it. You have that one friend on Facebook that won’t shut up about it. But you like your phone. Why would you need extra geebee’s and wifi’s? I’ve already explained 4G LTE and what it means to us here in […]
For the year 2012, shopping for smartphones is pretty easy. Specifically, shopping for an Android smartphone is incredibly easy this year. For Apple’s iPhone, it’s been simple: buy the newest one. It’s always at the $200 price point, has the latest version of iOS, and will last you the entire two-year cellular contract. You can […]
I was listening to the radio one fine evening and an interesting ad for AT&T came on the radio. “99% call reliability, but we can do better.” So only a 1% drop call rate? But isn’t AT&T the company that’s most widely known for dropped calls? Doing a quick Google search for “at&t dropped calls” […]
The impending sales juggernaut that will be “iPhone 5” is rumored to be coming this Fall with a bigger screen, but a sinking HTC and rising Samsung are looking to finally stretch their noses past the seemingly unbeatable iPhone 4/4S with their latest flagship devices. The last time HTC and Samsung went head-to-head was their previous […]
This morning St. Louis joined the ranks of 31 other markets with 4G LTE coverage from AT&T. [View the Press Release] As we reported about a week ago, AT&T began rolling out LTE to 12 new markets on Easter Sunday. Although quite a few LTE symbols were popping up on devices in the area before […]
So I have this friend. He bought the new Galaxy Note, and I must say I’m very smitten with the phone. We were out partying this past weekend for his wife’s birthday, and he started asking me about the LTE logo in his notification bar. “WAIT, WHAT?! LTE?!?! DO A SPEEDTEST!!!!” He ended up pulling […]
The LG Nitro HD is AT&T’s branding of the LG Optimus LTE, sharing some DNA with the Verizon LG Spectrum and the upcoming Sprint LG Viper. AT&T’s LTE service has not yet been switched on in St. Louis, but they recently announced that their 4G spectrum will be up and running this April or May. […]
The Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket… *inhale*… is AT&T’s sequel to the wildly successful Samsung Galaxy S II. It all started with the Samsung Infuse 4G back in May 2011. Taking advantage of AT&T’s newly operational 4G/”Faux-G” HSPA+ network, the Infuse was introduced as a pre-Galaxy S II update to replace the Samsung Captivate from […]
